Pierre Senges leaps down the rabbit-hole in this review of Philippe Jaworskiโs new French translations of Lewis Carroll for Gallimardโs prestigious Bibliothรจque de la Plรฉiade.
Wonders in Aliceland
“Not Sacrifice the Ease of the French” (Part II.a)
Part II.a of Vincent Klingโs investigation into the fate of Marianne Mooreโs translations of Jean de la Fontaine sees him weighing other examples from Oscar Wilde to ยซBeowulfยป.
The Demistification of Elegy
Samuel Martin investigates the unmysterious case of Emmanuel Hocquardโs ยซElegiesยป, a touchstone of late 20th-century French poetry now translated into English by Cole Swensen.
Translations Come and Go, Racism Remains
Santiago Artozqui assesses the linguistic strategies and sociohistorical stakes involved in retranslating Margaret Mitchellโs 1936 novel ยซGone with the Windยป into French in 2020.
The Visitor Peering over My Shoulder
Jean-Yves Masson reveals what it can mean for a translator to be haunted by an author, in this intimate account of his affinity with the Austrian writer Hugo von Hofmannsthal.
What Brings Us to a Halt (Part 2)
John Taylor, in this second part of ยซWhat Brings Us to a Haltยป, responds to his friend and collaborator Franca Mancinelli with an essay about poetry, botany, and translation.
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